Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday announced a cull of more than 2,000 pets in response to a Covid cluster involving hamsters at a pet shop in Causeway Bay. A worker at the Little Boss store and a customer she briefly came into contact with have come...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported a suspected Covid-19 infection that is untraceable involving a kindergarten teacher. The teacher, 26, works in North Point and lives in Mei Foo Sun Chuen. She last went to work at the kindergarten on January 5...

Representatives of six types of businesses forced to close until after the Lunar New Year amid the Omicron outbreaks have urged the government to let them reopen immediately, saying they are willing to serve only vaccinated customers. At a press con...

Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University say they have found that exposure to a chemical widely used in plastic containers can increase the risk of people getting breast cancer. Bisphenol S, or BPS, was originally touted as a safer chemical than...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says there's been an increase in the number of people getting Covid jabs since she announced that vaccinations could be made mandatory for visitors to restaurants and various other businesses from February 4. After initial...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says that if the government decides to roll out more relief measures for coronavirus-hit sectors and individuals, they will be announced in next month’s budget. At a media session on Tuesday, Lam was asked to respond to...

A DNA expert on Tuesday said a recent arrival who is believed to have infected nine other people with Covid after completing her quarantine period is carrying an Omicron sub-variant of the virus which hadn't been detected in Hong Kong before. Dr Gi...

Health officials on Tuesday said they found no new Covid cases, after locking down two buildings overnight. Residents of Po Wah Court in Cheung Sha Wan were tested following a case linked to the Silka Seaview Hotel. They include a 29-year-old food...

Police on Monday said they arrested and charged two former flight attendants of an airline for violating Covid rules. Earlier this month, Cathay Pacific announced that it fired two aircrew members who were suspected of breaching Covid protocols. T...

The government on Monday announced that anyone travelling to Hong Kong from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge's Zhuhai Port will not be exempted from compulsory quarantine under its Return2hk or Come2hk schemes starting from Tuesday. The authoritie...

Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui has left the Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre after completing his quarantine. He was sent to the facility after attending the birthday party of NPC deputy Witman Hung at a Spanish restaurant in Wan Chai on Januar...

Experts who advise the government on the pandemic and vaccines on Monday said they have "no objection" on inoculating young children aged between five and 11 against the coronavirus. Members of the joint scientific committee under the Centre for He...

The government on Monday evening ordered lockdowns for two residential buildings in Cheung Sha Wan and Tai Po after residents there tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. Residents of Po Wah Court on Un Chau Street and Kui Wo House at Tai Wo Est...

The heads of two major political parties do not see eye-to-eye as to whether the government should push ahead with another round of the consumption voucher scheme to help businesses hit by the pandemic. After meeting with Financial Secretary Paul Ch...

The High Court on Monday sentenced a 21-year-old man to seven years and nine months in prison for stabbing a policeman in the neck in 2019, with the judge describing the attack as “yet another senseless episode of violence” that year. Hui Tim-li...

Health officials said on Monday that a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 days after she was released from hotel quarantine has apparently infected nine other people. The 43-year-old woman, who recently flew to the territory from Pakistan, staye...

A green group has found that air pollution worsened over the past year as Hong Kong’s economy picked up after the initial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Clean Air Network said on Monday that it had analysed data from the Environmental Protectio...

The Consumer Council says daily necessities will likely become more expensive at supermarkets due to a reduced number of cargo flights to Hong Kong. The watchdog's Chief Executive, Gilly Wong, issued the warning at a press conference on Monday, afte...

Some meatballs on sale in Hong Kong are not all they seem, the Consumer Council warned on Monday, with squid found in those said to be cuttlefish, and pork in balls masquerading as beef. The council said it ran tests on 60 samples of meatballs from ...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Monday that it is “strange” that a woman has been infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19, adding that the case shows the local coronavirus situation is yet to be brought under control. Authorities said ...